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After a long hiking break we decided to do an other hike before it gets really cold here. This time we decided to hike the impressive Benbulben near Sligo.

You climb up via Pinnacle Gully which you can see on the image above. Very Steep and somewhat dangerous.

Tons of these little mushrooms on the way. Anyone knows which this is?

Getting closer to the top … SPOOKY!

First stop and really near to the top. The first climb is the hardest and toughest part. Make sure you have decent footwear. One slip and you are gone. I am not kidding! But it feels so good being up there.

You can see the ocean.

And up the last part through a narrow stone passage way

This was the coolest part of the hike the Pinnacle Gully!

Up on the plateau.

Glencar lake aka Lough an Chairthe is down there.

More plateau .. tons of tiny rivers on the way.

This was nice too. A bucket cable system which got used but coal mines further north.

Pretty steep, he?

What is he doing? NO!

Haven’t seen him, ever since. Crazy Bastard.

This hike is also from this awesome Atlantic Hill Walk Book available at Amazon UK, Amazon US and Amazon Deutschland. It was the Number 8 Hike called : The Glencar Escarpment and took us 4 1/2 hours.

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We had a very nice evening on last Wednesday, at first we went out for Indian food and the walked over to this great pub Bolg Bui (Yellow Bellow) on Emmet street. Located right on the River Moy with a beautiful view over it.

And on the way back we got to see a full moon right above the Ballina church.

The Cliffs of Moher are just one hour from Galway and the drive will take you through the beautiful landscape of the Ireland’s Burren. On clear day you can even see the cliffs from the Aran Islands. It’s a worth a trip but be aware that they charge you for parking but the Cliffs themselves are free. Free and almost as impressive are the Kilcummin Cliffs, Cliffs of Croaghaun or even Downpatrick Head.

Went went to the Lacken Strand Horse Races .. I think it was 3 weeks ago. As you can see the horse race is right on the beach … well it’s more like a little bay which gets flooded when it’s high tide.

It was a beautiful but very windy day. Can’t wait for the race next year.

The Lacken strand races were revived in 1997 after a 44 year lapse, carrying on a century old tradition of horse racing on Lacken Strand. The last recorded races in 1953 were very different to the modern day races now held there. In 1953, horses would gather from the surrounding parishes. These mainly consisted of Connemara ponies and working farm horses which were Irish Draught and Half Bred in the main. Today’s racing is far removed to that of the 50’s with the horses and ponies being all thoroughbred and most of them coming from the top stables and the leading bloodlines in the country. Due to the ever-changing tidal conditions, the races take place towards the end of May each year.